Now I sympathize with someone in a financial hardship that results in bankruptcy, that is, unless that person is a candidate who:
A) Avoids discussing it with voters, (outside of the one time he mentioned it LAST NOVEMBER)
B) Has “no knowledge” of the thousands of dollars in taxes he owed to the state and federal government.
C) Campaigns on a concept of fiscal responsibility and limited government, and says things on his website like:
“he shares our concerns about the alarming increase in unemployment, oppressive tax burdens”
“He values free enterprise. Tom has had a diverse business background in sales, marketing and operations. He has worked as an executive in Fortune 500 companies and as an entrepreneur in a small business start up. He sees all business as personal. This is never more evidenced than his firsthand experience of the sacred bond that exists between employer and employee that compels each to work for the success of the enterprise while engendering mutual respect. Of the many responsibilities Tom has had over the years, the one he holds in highest regard in making payroll and adding value to the community and the individual. It has fostered a respect for fiscal responsibility in ensuring that the enterprise must thrive in order for that bond to be kept.”
above quotes from http://www.tomwesley.com/
I’d nominate this for the weekly joke review, if it wasn’t just so sad.
I am not from the district, and don’t know much about it beyond this article, but I would love to hear more if anyone has further details.
without redeeming value.
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p>The bankruptcy is a public record, and it is obvious from that public record that the guy had a small business, and like all small business owners, had to personally guarantee the business debt. That means, when the business failed, more than ten years ago, he and his family were ruined; hence the bankruptcy.
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p>Under those circumstances, the IRS is like any other creditor whose debts are discharged. It is pretty clear that the “thousands” of unpaid taxes were really in the range of six thousand, and were discharged like other debt.
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p>The guy probably would have done better to talk about it, because anyone seeking political office of any kind, by definition, has given up all privacy with respect to their own life and that of their families.
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p>I post, in my opinion, implies that the “unpaid bills” are personal in nature, and that there is something awful in that there were taxing authorities among the creditors, and is therefore, in my view, political smear of the worst possible kind.